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Terminal Infrastructure: Cleveland, Everett

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The Great Lakes Towing Company completed an Intermodal "Short Sea" barge move utilizing the Port of Cleveland’s Rail Loop and the Port’s switching line, Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad. The Port of Everett is adding additional lift capacity to its operations in March 2015, with the purchase of a new, 150-ton GHMK 7608 mobile harbor crane.

Great Lakes Towing Company Complete Intermodal "Short Sea" Barge Operation at the Port of Cleveland Using On-Dock Rail Loop

The Great Lakes Towing Company completed an Intermodal "Short Sea" barge move utilizing the Port of Cleveland’s Rail Loop and the Port’s switching line, Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad.

Norfolk & Southern interchanged the rail car carrying the 114 metric ton transformer to Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad to bring the railcar via the loop to the dock-face under the Port’s heavy lift crane. The cargo was transferred to a barge and was towed by the Tug OHIO to Marysville, MI, for delivery to DTE Energy Electric Company (formerly The Detroit Edison Company). The tug-barge transit time from Cleveland, OH, to Marysville, MI, took 20 hours and the discharge of the heavy-lift cargo took 1 hour and 21 minutes.

The Rail Loop and the Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad connects the Port of Cleveland to the two Ohio Class I rail carriers, Norfolk & Southern and CSX. The Port and the Towing Company provide an integrated solution for their customers, making shipping more cost and time effective, and providing international and domestic shippers a better intermodal route to the Midwest.

The Port’s Rail Loop project was inaugurated on September 27, 2012. The project was coordinated by the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) with funding of $3 million from the State’s Logistics and Distribution Fund and a $1.5 million Port contribution. At the time, it was hoped that this rail element would provide the Port of Cleveland a larger customer base that could take advantage of rail and water logistics and extend the reach of the Port of Cleveland to the Midwest. This rail and water logistics movement is an example of the port’s ability to provide seamless logistics transfers in Cleveland, making shipping more cost effective.

Port President Will Friedman, former Port Chair Bob Smith, Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad Company Co-Owner Bill Brown, and Ronald Rasmus, Chairman of the Towing Company, and a Commissioner of the Ohio Rail Development Commission unveiled the new-on-dock rail loop on September 27, 2012 when they cut through the ribbon.


Photo/The Great Lakes Group

Port of Everett Seaport Adds Lift Capacity

The Port of Everett is adding additional lift capacity to its operations in March 2015, with the purchase of a new, 150-ton GHMK 7608 mobile harbor crane.

The nearly $5.1 million investment, which was authorized by the Port Commission, will allow the Port of Everett to better accommodate its niche market of overdimensional cargoes, and provide opportunity to compete for new heavy-lift business.

"We are investing in our infrastructure and cargo handling equipment to continue with our reputation of safe and excellent service, quick and efficient turnaround times and huge lift capacity," said Carl Wollebek, the Port of Everett’s Chief Operating Officer. "With the addition of the GHMK 7608 and the authorized investments to upgrade our current mobile harbor crane, we will continue to be the preferred port of call for the construction and energy industries."

Working in tandem, the port’s two mobile harbor cranes will have a 250MT capacity, making the Port of Everett the best choice for large cargo shipments on the Pacific West Coast. The Port Commission also authorized the purchase of three new, 45-ton Hyster Reachstackers. These reachstackers have the most environmentally-friendly Tier 4 engine on the market, which dovetails nicely with the Port’s green initiatives. Current cargo handling equipment, in addition to the mobile harbor crane, includes two, 40-ton gantry cranes, a 50-ton rail mounted gantry crane, a rail car pusher, three reachstackers and numerous forklifts and other yard equipment.

"Terex Port Solutions is very pleased to continue our partnership with the Port of Everett evidenced by this most recent purchase of the Terex Gottwald GHMK7608 mobile harbor crane," said Alan C. Garcia, Terex Regional Sales Manager, Southeast United States/Caribbean. "This will most certainly complement their current Terex Gottwald HMK280 and will give them the capability of providing tandem heavy lift services to their customers and help secure the Port of Everett's position as the premier break bulk-handling facility in the Pacific Northwest."

 

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